Hong Kong-China HE alliance could pair research and economic strength
Greater Bay Area collaborations seen as offering potential for Hong Kong universities to further commercialisation of research and innovation
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Giant trade agreement tipped to have modest impact for Australian HE
Setting the tone is the main contribution of multinational RCEP agreement, analysts say
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Western Australian university press slated for closure
Outrage over move to replace in-house publishing with ‘open and digitised access to information’
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Hong Kong student’s death first to be linked to police protest actions
HKUST is in mourning after the death was announced at a graduation ceremony
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To advance AI, move slowly and fix things
The contemplative and risk-averse nature of academia contrasts with the fast-moving strategies of Silicon Valley, but that is our greatest strength, says Kate Devlin
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Tory manifesto could freeze English fees and target ‘low value HE’
Restrictions on loan access for university courses with low graduate earnings under consideration for Tory manifesto, though Augar-inspired cuts not ruled out
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World Peace (And How We Can Achieve It), by Alex J. Bellamy
Hugh Miall praises a bold new programme for putting an end to war
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The Vietnam War on Film, by David Luhrssen
Nathan Abrams would have liked a wider range of examples in this study of how America’s most traumatic war was represented in the cinema
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Narrative Economics: How Stories Go Viral and Drive Major Economic Events, by Robert J. Shiller
Book of the week: Mihir Desai wonders whether a wide-ranging account of the stories economists tell risks throwing out the baby with the bathwater
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Are universities having an identity crisis?
Political purity is a badge of honour in the hashtag age. But the real world is nuanced and messy, as universities should know better than most
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Race After Technology: Abolitionist Tools for the New Jim Code, by Ruha Benjamin
Kalwant Bhopal finds that the brave progressive new world technology enthusiasts have promised us is just as tainted by racism as the familiar analogue world
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Exposing Slavery: Photography, Human Bondage, and the Birth of Modern Visual Politics in America, by Matthew Fox-Amato
Ellen T. Armour applauds a powerful account of the role photography played in the struggles over slavery
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Why universities need to embrace their wild side
Lincoln Allison makes the case for the revival of the old-style academic eccentric
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The week in higher education – 7 November 2019
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media